> What I've got to find now is a decent framing place here. I've got a small > collection of original works but none are displayed because I've not framed > them yet (up until we moved I just didn't have any wall-space).
A word of advice: don't skimp on the matting/mounting or framing. go conservation glass and rag mats all the way. It'll be spendy, but you'll be able to look at the art in ten/twenty years and still see what you saw when you bought it. My wife remouted and reframed an original Goya lithograph and a Monet block print this last weekend for a friend of ours (my wife was in the picture framing industry for over ten years). They had been framed in the late 60s and the Monet was falling victim to foxtailing and fading (foxtailing is what happens when the acids in the backing boards and mats start to eat the artwork. the Goya had so much acid leeching off the mats that the image had etched into the glass. ....sigh... -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210210 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
